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Mrs. Mary Jane Sutphin
Mary Jane Sutphin, 74, of Frederick, died Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008, at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Born April 21, 1934 in Galax, Va., she was the daughter of the late Rena C. and Edith Josephine Hill Funk.
She was retired from Weaver Brothers Mortgage Company in Bethesda, where she was a mortgage loan auditor and underwriter.
She attended Hagerstown Business College.
She is survived by her husband, Robert C. Sutphin; three sons, John C. Funk of Annapolis, Robert Brian Sutphin of Thurmont, and Douglas A. Sutphin of Frederick; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Minnich Funeral Home, 415 E. Wilson Blvd. Rev. Linda Warehime will officiate. Burial will be in Rest Haven cemetery.
Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 2141 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 7000, El Segundo, CA 90245 or online at Pancan.org.
Mr. Paul Henry Bauer
Paul Henry Bauer, 67, Middletown, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, at Vindabona Nursing Home, Braddock Heights after a short illness.
He was the husband of JoAnne Ward Bauer.
Born in Baltimore May 17, 1941, he was a son of the late Paul Elmer and Dorothea Frei Bauer. He received his A.A. and B.S. degrees in business from the University of Baltimore and was employed by the U.S. Postal Service for 32 years, until his retirement as postmaster in Frederick.
After his retirement, he was a teacher's aide at the Rock Creek School, Heather Ridge School and Tuscarora.
He was a member of the Corinthian Masonic Lodge #9 AF and A Masons, Towson.
Surviving, besides his wife, are four children, Janice Kelley of Parkville, Jodel Jaecklein of Timonium, Donald Paul Bauer of Baltimore and JoAnne Marie Boone of Martinsburg, W.Va.; seven grandchildren, Amanda Senft, Rachel Bauer, Dennis Kelley Jr., Courtney Cooper, Danielle Kelley, Amber Boone and Brooke Boone; one great-grandson, Michael Cooper; and one brother, Donald Paul Bauer Sr. of Middletown.
He was predeceased by a daughter, Jacqueline Speciner.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Donald B. Thompson Funeral Home, 31 E. Main St., Middletown.
There will be a Masonic memorial service at 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 24, from the funeral home. Brother Oscar Motilal, New Beginning Full Gospel Church in Martinsburg, W.Va. will officiate.
Interment will be made at noon Friday in the Garden of Faith Memorial Park, Baltimore.
Memorial contributions may be made to the New Beginning Full Gospel Church, 2671 Williamsport Pike, Martinsburg, WV 25407.
Mrs. Rebecca Williams
Mrs. Rebecca "Becky" (Fifer) Williams, 61, ended a long struggle with pancreatic cancer Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. She was in hospice care during her last weeks and went to eternal sleep at home with her family at her side. Surely she is now back in the presence of our Lord in Heaven. She is survived by her husband of more than 41 years, Larry Williams.
Becky was born the fourth of five children to Mary Fries Fifer and the late Dr. Jesse S. Fifer at 3:42 a.m. On October 27, 1946 in Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore.
Surviving beside her husband and mother are her daughter, Jessica Fachler and husband Michael; her son, Joshua Williams and his wife Christie; four grandchildren, whom she adored, Mark Fachler, Allyson Fachler, Matthew Williams and Tyler Williams; two sisters, Rogina Isaacs and husband Ray and Robin Nelson; a brother, Jay Fifer and wife Virginia; a brother-in-law, Ronald Wachter. Becky will also be remembered by numerous nephews, nieces and many caring and loving friends. She was preceded in death by a sister, Rachel Wachter.
When she was nine months old, the Fifer family left Baltimore and moved to Buckeystown. When Becky was 15, the family moved once more to a new home in western Frederick.
Becky has been a lifelong member of the Church of the Brethren and has participated in many church activities and committees. Most recently she dedicated herself to the church of the Brethren Disaster Ministries helping rebuild homes and caring for children of victims.
Becky attended the two-room Buckeystown Elementary School, West Frederick Jr. High and Frederick High. Following high school, she attended Bridgewater College in Virginia and graduated with at bachelor's degree in sociology. While at Bridgewater, she participated in varsity tennis and field hockey. She later attended Hood College and earned a master's in education, specializing in math and science.
As the consummate career educator, she recently completed a 30-year tenure with Frederick County Public Schools. Her first two years were at Parkway and Walkersville Elementary Schools. She then took leave to stay at home and raise her two children. During those years, she worked part-time teaching at the Glade Valley Church of the Brethren preschool. When she returned to the school system she spent the next 28 years at New Market Elementary, retiring in June 2007.
During her teaching career, she was a member of FCTA, MSTA and NEA. Following retirement, she joined Frederick Co. Retired School Personnel. She also was granted lifetime membership in PTSA.
To all those who met, knew or worked with Becky, she was the one who would care for those in need. She could always be relied on for support and caring whether professionally or personally. While assisting, she would do her best to avoid any recognition in the form of awards or accolades. She truly was an example of an Angel sent to Earth to demonstrate how to live and share love with others.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, Stauffer Funeral Home, 1621 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick.
A service to honor and celebrate her life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at the funeral home. Rev. Dr. Paul Mundey, Rev. Dr. Mike Watson and Pastor Brian Messler will officiate. Interment will be in Glade cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to be made in her name to one of the following: Mid-Atlantic District Disaster Fund, P.O. Box 480, New Windsor, MD 21776; Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCan), 2221 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 131, El Segundo, CA 90245; or Hospice of Frederick County, P.O. Box 1799, Frederick, MD 21702.
Rev. William Henry Anderman Jr.
Rev. William Henry Anderman Jr. died Monday evening, Oct. 20, 2008, at his home outside of Frederick. He was the husband of Catharine Schellhase Anderman for 61 years. Bill was born July 19, 1922 to William H. Anderman and Clara Struntz Anderman in Bucks County, Pa.
Bill graduated from Frankfort High School in Philadelphia, Pa., and spent five years in the U.S. Army, serving as a company clerk in the South Pacific during World War II. He studied at Ursinus College and entered Lancaster Theological Seminary, graduating in 1951. Pastor Anderman served numerous churches in the United Church of Christ. Early in his career, he served four rural churches in Frederick County, which included Mount Pleasant Reformed UCC and Faith UCC.
He moved to Tremont, Pa. to serve three churches, then on to East Berlin, Pa. to serve two, and finally one church in Shamokin, Pa. In 1967, he and his wife returned to live in their home in Frederick County, which he proudly planned and built with the help of family and friends. He continued to serve as a supply pastor when needed, as well as interim pastor in Martinsburg, W.Va.
In addition to his wife, Catharine, Bill is survived by three children and their families; son, Rev. Dr. David Anderman, and daughters, Beth Helmich and Doris Moxles. He is also survived by his beloved "outlaws," Rev. Dr. Alice Anderman, Gene Helmick and James P. Moxley. The lights of his life were his grandchildren and their spouses/friends, Karen Helmick Taylor (Aaron), Daniel Helmick (Lam), Rachael Anderman Lancor (Brian), Amy Moxley McCarthy (Edward), Jonathan Anderman (friend Erin), Michael Moxley (friend Keely), and Sara Helmick Lewis (Todd). In addition, he is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Rev. Thomas Anderman and Carol; and sister and brother-in-law, Thelma and John Marusco; as well as a brother-in-law, Rev. Dr. Richard T. Schellhase and his wife, Kay. He was predeceased by one brother, the Rev. Carl Anderman and his wife, Eleanor. He also was a loving Uncle Bill to many nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be sent in Bill's name to Mount Pleasant reformed United Church of Christ, 10736 Liberty Road, Frederick, MD 21701. Interment will be at the convenience of the family in Collegeville, Pa. A memorial service will be announced at a later date.
Mrs. Karen Timmons
Karen Timmons, a skilled reporter who wrote well and made hundreds of other writers better during a distinguished career as an editor, died Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. She was 58.
Timmons had battled ovarian cancer for a year and died of complications, said her husband, William T. Clipper.
The managing editor of Scripps Howard News Service, Timmons was a fine and careful writer who developed into a firm but gentle editor, combining a love of the language and fidelity to proper grammar with an empathetic touch for prickly writers reluctant to change even a comma. Timmons always got her way with a story, and most writers felt she had done them a great service.
"Every story Karen touched was improved, and every person she met came away feeling better about themselves," said Peter Copeland, editor and general manager of Scripps Howard News Service. "We knew her in life as smart, loving and fun. In the end we saw her grit and determination, still editing stories from her 'couch bureau' when she was too weak to stand."
Timmons had a natural elegance about her, a flair evident in her home and office, as well as her writing. She also had a bottomless capacity for belly laughs, often at her own expense, and even during the darkest days of chemotherapy.
Besides newspapers, her other great love was her family. She was most proud of her son, Michael and talked often about his success as a chef and entrepreneur. Timmons married
recently, and with her husband, Bill, was restoring several properties near their home in Burkittsville.
Born in Akron, Ohio, Timmons graduated from the School of Journalism at Ohio State University. She worked for the Japan Times in Okinawa before taking a job as a general assignment reporter at the Metro Virginia News in Leesburg, Va. From there, she joined United Press International, then owned by Scripps Howard.
Timmons left UPI to start her own news service in Richmond, Va., supplying state government coverage to small papers, and she edited newsletters and directories on alternative fuels and wrote for various magazines.
She returned to UPI in 1985 as the national lifestyle editor in Washington, also serving as the arts and entertainment editor. She later covered Congress and federal agencies.
In 1992, Timmons joined The Washington Times as assistant features editor and then assistant national editor.
Timmons was hired in 1995 by Scripps Howard News Service to manage a new product called the Scripps-McClatchy Western Service, a wire targeted to and for newspapers in the West.
Her strong editing, good judgment and steady hand made her the obvious choice for a series of leadership positions that led to the title of managing editor of Scripps Howard News Service. She led national and international news coverage, coordinated news gathering with hundreds of newspapers around the world, developed new magazines for the cable networks HGTV and Food Network, and launched special sections for newspapers, several websites and other news products.
Recent responsibilities included leading the Scripps Howard investigative reporting team, uncovering major stories on sudden infant death, missing children and other topics.
Her special skill, though, was helping others become better professionally and personally, which she did with her own brand of tough love. She expected colleagues to work hard, but happily rewarded them with praise, treats, prizes and parties. Her signature event was the annual office chair race: a screaming, well-banging dash down carpeted corridors astride a wheeled desk chair. She insisted on being the one to hand out the prize ribbons. Every racer got one.
Timmons is survived by her father, John Timmons; her son, Michael Rypka; sisters, Becky Tobey and Jan Mercer; her husband, Bill Clipper; and two sons, William and Robert Clipper.
Relatives and friends are invited to a viewing Thursday, Oct. 23, and Friday, Oct. 24 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Keeney and Basford Funeral Home, 106 E. Church St., Frederick.
A celebration of Karen's life and funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 5 E. Main St., Burkittsville. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, 14 Pennsylvania Plaza, Suite 1400, New York, NY 10122.
Mr. Randy Doyle Hoover
Randy Doyle Hoover, 47, of Hagerstown, died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, at the Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown.
Born July 29, 1961 in Montgomery County, he was the son of James V. Hoover Sr. and Sallie M. (Tolbert) Roberts.
He attended the Rockville area schools.
He was employed by Goodwill Industries.
He was a lifetime member of the Rockville Moose Lodge 1540.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by daughter, Loretta; sister, Deborah Cashwell; brothers, James Hoover Jr., Michael Hoover and Tracy Hoover; one grandchild and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his companion, Cheryl Swope, on March 26, 2008, and brother, Steven Hoover.
There will be no viewing.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Rockville Assembly Of God, Glenmill Road, Rockville. Pastor Stan Nelson will officiate. Burial will be private and at the convenience of the family.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 415 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201 or American Diabetes Association, 407 Central Ave., Glyndon, MD 21071-9987.
Arrangements are by J.L. Davis Funeral Home, Smithsburg.
Mrs. Evelyn Louise Smith
Mrs. Evelyn Louise Smith, of Frederick, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the Golden Living Center, Frederick. She was the wife of the late David Oren Smith.
Born in Plane #4, Frederick County, she was the daughter of the late John and Estella Spurrier Dietrich.
Mrs. Smith was a lifelong member of Marvin Chapel United Methodist Church. She retired from Hood College after many years as manager of the Snack Bar.
Mrs. Smith was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Surviving is a son, Lt. Col. David Wayne Smith USAF (retired) and wife Nancy of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a granddaughter, Kimberly S. Madden and husband James of Frederick; two great-grandchildren, Grant David Powers Madden of Baltimore and Ashley Caroline Smith Madden of Frederick; a special cousin, Elaine Driver of Monrovia; and special companion, Mary Leitbaum of Frederick.
Arrangements are by Robert E. Dailey & Son Funeral Homes, P.A., 1201 N. Market St., Frederick. There will be no calling or visiting at the funeral home.
Graveside services and interment will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at Marvin Chapel United Methodist Church cemetery, Plane #4, Mount Airy, with her pastor, Rev. Vicki S. Curry, officiating.
The family requests that memorials be made in memory of Mrs. Smith to Marvin Chapel United Methodist Church, 5926 Woodville Road, Mount Airy, MD 21771.
Mrs. Debbie Sue Grimes
Debbie Sue Grimes, 50, of Westminster, died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, at her residence. Born Jan. 24, 1958 in Arlington, Va., she was the daughter of Earl and Vicky DeLacerda of Germantown.
Ms. Grimes enjoyed music, dancing, flower arranging and spending time with her grandchildren.
Surviving, in addition to her father and stepmother, are three children, Sandy Muller of Union Bridge and Amy Grimes and William Chase Grimes, both of Walkersville; six grandchildren, April, Eric, Devon, Pamela, Jonah and Brooke; siblings, Jane DeLacerda of Westminster and Connie Dove and William "Billy" DeLacerda, both of Mt. Airy; and numerous nieces. She was predeceased by her mother, Mary Ellen Moore DeLacerda.
A graveside service will be 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, at Pipe Creek cemetery, near Linwood. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at Hartzler Funeral Home, 310 Church St., New Windsor.
